Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 8 The Queen Consort of Great Xia (8)

She only had this one pot, which was donated by the villagers.

Ironware is valuable, and the people here are very poor; even this pot has patches on it.

If you want to buy a pot, you have to go to the county.

The shop that sold ironware was run by people from Jicheng. Perhaps they heard rumors of an impending war, so they closed their shop and left.

Gu Shijiu's head was probably piled up a bit too high, and a gust of wind blew it off.

There have been times in the past when heads have been blown all over the place, but it's not a big deal; we just pick them up and put them back together.

I never expected to fall into her pot today, what a terrible thing to do. How am I supposed to use this pot now?

Seeing that Gu Shijiu was unwilling to touch the wine, the village chief had no choice but to order the butcher to help.

After everyone extinguished the fire, the head in the pot was almost cooked, emitting a meaty aroma, and the meat was separated from the bone.

Gu Shijiu felt disgusted and instructed the village chief to hide his head deep inside the mountain of human heads.

The village chief couldn't understand: "You've been with so many people, why are you still disgusted by this cooked thing?"

Unfortunately, he didn't dare ask and could only do as he was told.

As for the pot that Gu Shijiu refused to use anymore, she took a few pieces of candy and hired a village child to go to the county government to ask for a new one.

The Jurchen scouts on the other side of the river couldn't see clearly. From their perspective, it looked like Gu Shijiu put a head into a pot to cook, and then invited the villagers to eat with him.

That's not bad.

"The Xia people, there are man-eating monsters among the Xia people."

The news spread quickly among the Jin army.

"Your Majesty, the one who killed the eldest prince was an ogre; we saw it with our own eyes."

The King of Jin did not believe it, but the other soldiers could see the scout's pale face.

"Have you heard? There's a cannibal in Xia Kingdom who boils our Jin people's heads into soup."

"How treacherous the Xia people are! No wonder they want to fight us; it turns out they've enlisted the help of monsters."

"Why don't you ask Your Majesty to order a retreat? How can humans possibly defeat monsters?"

"I heard that the monster is nine feet tall and wields a sharp blade; anyone who touches it will be poisoned and die."

......

Rumors were rampant not only among the Jin people, but also among the Xia people.

"Have you heard? The reason why the heroine stays at the entrance of Niujia Village every day is because she wants to cook her head for soup."

"The heroine's favorite food was the brain marrow of the Jin people. I saw her gnawing on a bone with my own eyes."

Gu Shijiu: Those are pork bones, thank you.

Since then, the King of Jin has become too lazy to send anyone over. His men are terrified, and if they come and see anything, it will only be detrimental to the war effort.

The King of Yan also heard the news. He was very curious. If he was really a fierce warrior, he should have used him on the battlefield.

So he sent his second son over to find out what was going on.

That day, Gu Shijiu was sitting by the new pot eating meat when he heard a heartbroken shout: "What...what are you eating?"

A handsome, dashing young man pointed at her... at the roasted horse meat in his hand, as if he had Parkinson's disease.

Gu Shijiu thought he was going to snatch the meat, so she hid the roasted meat in her hand behind her back.

The man couldn't recognize what kind of meat was being roasted, except that a horse leg was hanging blatantly next to it.

With its strong, powerful muscles and its glossy red fur, even if you only see one leg, a young man can imagine its magnificent figure on the battlefield, its hooves thrashing and its mane flying.

“This is mine,” Gu Shijiu emphasized, noticing the young man’s covetous gaze.

"You actually ate horse meat! Do you know how much effort the Great Xia Dynasty has to expend each year to acquire a batch of horses from the Jin people?"

These horses were all sick or old and had no ability to reproduce.

Of course, what the Xia Dynasty gave to the Jin people in return was not anything good either; the seeds had been scalded and could not sprout at all.

It was such a waste! The young man stroked the horse's leg with trembling hands, as if he were caressing his lover.

"That's because you're too weak." Gu Shijiu tore off a piece of horse meat and put it in his mouth.

To be honest, this horse meat wasn't very tasty.

If it were me in the past, I probably wouldn't have been able to chew it at all.

The truth is, there's been news of war coming to this town recently, and all the merchants have fled, so there's hardly anything to eat.

Gu Shijiu was really craving meat, so he killed a horse, losing quite a bit of money in the process.

Seeing her disrespectful attitude, the young man's servant spoke up intimidatingly: "How dare you! This is the second young master of the Prince of Yan's mansion."

"Second Young Master?" I feel like I've heard that title somewhere before.

Gu Shijiu tilted her head and thought for a long time, but couldn't remember.

The second young master was waiting for the other party to bow, but he didn't receive it.

After realizing he couldn't remember, Gu Shijiu continued gnawing on the horse meat.

The second young master's facial muscles were somewhat distorted; his noble status and handsome appearance attracted countless noble ladies.

Unexpectedly, the person in front of him didn't even glance at him, as if he were less valuable than a horse's leg.

Damn, the second young master's heart ached again at this point: "Stop eating! This is a top-quality horse."

"I have more than a dozen horses here, do you want them?" Gu Shijiu thought the other party also wanted to try the taste of horse meat, "but I can't give you the meat I have."

"What? You have so many horses?" The second young master's heart was breaking; he had no idea how many horses this woman had taken advantage of.

“Hmm, if you want it, just pay for it.” Gu Shijiu led him to see the horse that was tied up in the village.

Each of them had strong hooves and was tall and well-proportioned; none of them had yet been sold to the county government.

Finally, the two agreed on a price of eighty taels of silver for a horse.

Gu Shijiu counted the silver notes given by the second young master and confirmed that it was more than a thousand taels.

This startled her; the county government was only offering ten taels of silver to buy her horse.

She was framed by the county magistrate.

The people here are so mean!

Gu Shijiu stomped his feet in anger, mounted his horse, and rode straight towards the county government office, still holding the horse bone he had just finished eating.

She learned to ride a horse when she was a child, but she was not in good health at the time and did not learn it properly.

Now, after a short adjustment period, he was able to run smoothly after mounting the horse.

The second young master wanted to give chase, but his horse was inferior to Gu Shijiu's, so he could only look at the horse's rear end and sigh in vain.

Was this person really from your household before?

How could such a talented person have gone undiscovered?

The second young master swallowed hard as he looked at the horse meat hanging by the pot. He had never tasted fine horse meat before.

Would you like to try it?

He looked at the servant, who returned his gaze with terrified eyes: "Second Young Master, this belongs to that...that young lady. I dare not take any action without permission."

The second young master then remembered that Gu Shijiu had not sold this piece of meat to her.

The second young master of the Prince of Yan's mansion was always treated as an honored guest wherever he went, but now he was being ignored by a servant.

The second young master seemed somewhat disheartened: "Let's go, let's go find the villagers nearby and ask them what's going on."

Gu Shijiu's horsemanship was mediocre; once he entered the city, he dared not ride any further and instead strolled slowly to the county government office.

Little did she know that everyone in the city recognized her now. In the past, she would come by oxcart from the village, but today she was riding a tall horse and walking so slowly, which was very intimidating.

A yamen runner ran to the county government office to report: "Sir, something terrible has happened! That man-eating female demon, with a grim face, is walking towards the county government office!"